CAPSICUM ,PEANUT RICE:

Prepration Time- 20 Min
Cooking Time – 10 Min
Serves – 2 or 3 persons
Storage – 1 day
Cuisine – Asian

Ingredients:

Coriander – ¼ cup (for garnishing)
Amchur powder - pinch
Black Mustard Seeds – 1tsp
Black Gram Daal(minnapappu) – 11/2 tsp
Big Capsicums( red ,green ,yellow bell peppers)-2 (Thinly Sliced )
Cinnamon Stick – small piece
Cooked white (basmati) Rice – 3 cups
Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Dry red chillies – 5
Fresh Curry Leaves - 10
Freshly Grated Coconut – 1tbsp
Ghee (clarified butter) – ½ tbsp
Dry roasted Peanuts – 1 cup

How to make :
1.First to the cooked white(basmati) rice add a tsp of Ghee and combine. Keep it aside.
2.First take a pan on medium heat add cumin seeds and black gram and fry till the cumin splutters and the dal turns light brown. (don’t add oil dry roast them)
3.Then add the coriander seeds, cinnamon stick, curry leaves and dry red chillis and fry further for another minute till you get good flavor.
4.Finally add the dry roasted peanuts and combine with the other spices for a few seconds and turn off heat.Let it cool down .
5.Then grind all above fried ingredients to make a fine powder. Keep it aside.
6.Now in a pan add remaining ghee .When it’s hot add sliced capsicums and fry them on medium heat for 2 or 3 min. Don’t over cook them, you should feel the capsicums crunchy texture.
7.Add salt to taste and combine well. Now add the above prepared spice powder to this capsicum .Saute it for a second .Reduce heat and add the cooked rice and combine with the spice mixture. Turn off heat.
8.Add the freshly grated coconut combine with the rice till its well mixed .Now garnish with coriander.Serve hot with raita or yogurt .